have to wade in here in terms of valuation of *ist D and K10D - I think mine was the most recent *ist D sale - but £70-75 is as much as you can realise for the body - maybe £25 for the grip I can't remember how much I received for my grip but I sold it before the body.

Now that K20D's are selling around the £225 mark this will affect what K10Ds are selling at... so please don't expect that trading both in and getting a K30 with no cash outlay is a done deal...Even then, you'll end up with just one camera body and not two....

CCD vs CMOS - a lot of people prefer CCD - I don't see much difference personally - liked the results from my *ist D, DL, K10D, K20D and K-5....

maybe a K20d may come along for sale in the classifieds....a newer Pentax will have a different interface to the K10/20D...

interesting.....

The F35-70 isn't to be sniffed at either - great lens and hideously undervalued.

K-30 is the newest so that's the one I would go for....

I carried a K20D & 16-50 and a K-5 &60-250 while I was in SA...neither heavy

There's a very good camera shop in Basel, not sure if they sell Pentax or not...

I'd disagree with John, I'd get 17-70 & 55-300 or if finances permit 16-50 & 60-250. To me, replacing the 18-250 by an 18-270 is pointless, we all know that the lenses aren't truly 18-250 or 18-270 so the difference at the tele end may be less or more than 20mm. If you get yourself such a magnificent camera - it deserves the best lenses, DA*. GO on, you know you want to

And welcome!

I'm surprised it took Mike 21 minutes to react

I want to see more photos of the girl in 1 and 3....lovely

GO for it David, I've got the same combo but my photos are limited by the cack-handed operator